1.
teaching, instruction
Knowledge or guidance passed on from a teacher.
先生の教えを守る。
To follow the teacher's teachings.
教えを受けた。
I received teachings.
親の教えを忘れない。
I won't forget my parents' teachings.
師匠の教えに従う。
I follow my master's teachings.
先輩の教えを胸に刻む。
I engrave my senior's teachings in my heart.
2.
doctrine, precept
Religious or philosophical teachings.
仏の教え。
The teachings of Buddha.
キリストの教え。
The teachings of Christ.
宗教の教えを学ぶ。
To study religious teachings.
儒教の教え。
Confucian teachings.
古人の教えに学ぶ。
To learn from the teachings of the ancients.
3.
lesson, moral
A principle to be learned from an experience.
この物語には大切な教えがある。
This story has an important lesson.
失敗から教えを得た。
I learned a lesson from the failure.
この経験は良い教えになった。
This experience became a good lesson.
歴史の教えを忘れてはいけない。
We must not forget the lessons of history.
この寓話の教えは何ですか。
What is the moral of this fable?
教え is the noun form of 教える (to teach).
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 教えを守る (to follow teachings)
- 教えを受ける (to receive teachings)
- 教えに従う (to follow teachings)
RELATED:
- 教える: to teach (verb)
- 教訓: lesson, moral
- 教義: doctrine, dogma